[c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

[Darryl Dunkin]

There are DHCP parameters we rely on every single day.

Phones: Voice VLAN assignment, plus boot server
DNS->Hostname mapping (having the DHCP server dynamically register the
host/device in DNS)
DNS Domain Name
NTP/Time offset
Legacy WINS servers (yes, I have networks unwilling/unable to get rid of
this)

Those just don't exist in v6 auto configuration.

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From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Alexander
Clouter
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 13:23
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks


Why the hard requirement?  Is this for a MAC<->IP association table?  
I'm working on a method (might not work mind you) to make a SLAAC 
network forfill this requirement...I have to so we meet our upstream 
AUP requirements but running DHCPv6 kinda misses the point for why you 
try to deploy IPv6. :)

If it's for service discovery, that should be via DNS or better still 
multicast.  However I would kill for PXE booting IPv6, no practical
reasoning there though.

Cheers

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Alexander Clouter
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